Carcharhinus limbatus (Muller & Henle, 1839)

Fermon, Yves, Bailly, Nicolas, Cardiec, Floriane, Causse, Romain, Chartrain, Emmanuel, Chirio, Laurent, Bruyne, Godefroy De, Deynat, Pascal, Hopkins, Carl D., Lamboj, Anton, Mennesson, Marion I., Beh, Jean-Hervé Mve, Paugy, Didier, Sidlauskas, Brian, Sullivan, John P., Weghe, Jean-Pierre Van De, Vigliotta, Thomas R. & Zee, Jouke Van Der, 2022, An annotated checklist of the fishes of Gabon, Cybium 46 (2), pp. 2-3 : 95-96

Carcharhinus limbatus (Valenciennes in Müller & Henle, 1839)

Occurrence: native

Maximum length: 275 cm TL

Water type: marine, brackish

Environment: reef associated

Depth range: 0-100 m

Migration: amphidromous

IUCN status: VU – Vulnerable (A2bd / 2021)

Source: bibliography, preserved, observation

Distribution and remarks: cosmopolitan. Eastern Atlantic: known from Senegal to Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madeira, the Canary Islands, and Mediterranean. Observed along the coast of Gabon, juveniles and adults were caught by artisanal and industrial fishing (Cardiec, Chartrain and De Bruyne, pers. obs.).